That's Marquis. That's him. That's his character. That's who he is. That's what makes him special. |
The dirt was OK, but once you hit the grass ... Wet grass is slippery. |
The guy's doing everything in his power to help me out there. It's very gratifying. |
The outcome of the game is something that, as a starting pitcher, is very hard to control. Just worry about making pitches. And leave it at that. |
The reason I think I'm a good pitcher is I locate my fastball and I change speeds. Period. That's what you do to pitch. That's what pitchers have to do to win games. |
The weather is such a big part of the game here, that's what makes this place special. It's different every day you come to the ballpark. |
They can assume anything they want. I'm not. I just told my wife yesterday that I need to have a good year so someone will give me a job and I can play again next year. That's my thinking. If I do well enough, maybe I get to play again. I love it. It's fun. I'm not ready to give it up. |
They hit everything at everybody for the most part. No cheap hits. |
They hit my mistakes well. I made plenty of them today and they took full advantage. |
They wanted it. I just knew it covered the club. The last thing they wanted to do was sign a guy like me, at that age ... all that money, and have me not able to play. I understood that. |
This has always been a special place for me, ... It's an honor for me to come here and play every day here, and I want to thank my teammates because starting pitchers, we all need a lot of help and I have been lucky enough to play on a lot of good teams. |
Was it quick? It seemed like it took forever out there. |
Was it quick? It seemed like we were out there forever. You try to work quick on days like this, without getting stupid about it. |
We knew going into the game we needed to hold them close and we might get him later. |
We'll see. I enjoy coming to the ballpark every day. It's a good life. Mentally I don't want to give it up. |